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Gating characteristics control glutamate receptor distribution and trafficking in vivo.
Current biology : CB - 8 Sept 2014
Petzoldt Astrid G, Lee Yü-Hien, Khorramshahi Omid, Reynolds Eric, Plested Andrew J R, Herzel Hanspeter, Sigrist Stephan J
Abstract excerpt
Glutamate-releasing synapses dominate excitatory release in the brain. Mechanisms governing their assembly are of major importance for circuit development and long-term plasticity underlying learning and memory. AMPA/Kainate-type glutamate receptors (GluRs) are tetrameric ligand-gated ion channels that open their ion-conducting pores in response to binding of the neurotransmitter. Changes in subunit composition...
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